Sr. Python Developer

Company Description

We are an SF-based stealth mode AI startup, building AI agents and automation tools for Marketing use-cases. We are ex-Big Tech, currently bootstrapped and working with a few design partners/early customers. We will be starting a fundraise in Q3 2024.

Role Description

This is a part-time remote role for a Founding Engineer (first engineering hire). This is an equity-only role, meaning compensation will be in the form of equity rather than a salary.

This role will be 30% applied research and 70% product engineering. The expectation is that you will be able to commit 15 hours per week for this role to begin with.

You will -

• Experiment with the latest AI technologies and research and put them into implementation.
• Have the freedom and responsibility to design and own projects from start to finish.
• Have opportunities to directly talk with customers and solve their problems!

About you

• Love to keep up with and dive into latest technologies in AI
• Move fast, ship quickly, has high urgency
• Energized about going from 0 to 1
• Enjoy high ownership and responsibility
• Familiar with no-code tools and frameworks
• Excited about working on AI-native user experiences

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or higher degree in Computer Science or a related field (Also open to university students for the right candidate)
• Knowledge of gen-AI systems (LLMs, model training/fine-tuning, agent frameworks, evaluation frameworks, vector DBs, RAG, etc)
• Experience in building and scaling backend systems and infrastructure
• Strong generalist, skilled with Python, cloud infrastructure (AWS).

What we offer

• Technical Ownership: You will own high level (and lower level) technical decisions for an early-stage startup, with mentorship from seasoned Engineering leaders from Silicon Valley.
• Equity: As a key initial hire, you will receive significant founding equity and ownership in the company.
• Growth: You will have a natural on-ramp to come onboard as a full-time, salaried Founding Engineer after a fundraise event.

About HighLevel

Founded in 2018, HighLevel LLC is a two tier B2B SaaS Platform focused on Marketing Agencies. We aspire to be a one stop solution for marketing agencies. We enable agencies to serve their clients with ease using the best cutting edge tools of the industry. Our clientele includes digital marketing agencies, Ads agencies, SEO agencies, Call Center / Sales agencies and freelancers. We operate across niches like real-estate, dental & medical, local businesses, e-commerce, professional services and field services. 

Our platform comprises various product areas including CRM, funnel builder, website builder, forms & surveys, WordPress hosting, email marketing, telephony, reviews management, omni-box communications, social media, invoicing & payments to name a few. We currently service over 15,000 agencies and 120,000 small & medium businesses with a 200+ strong team that works remotely across 15 nations.

About the role

We are looking for an experienced software engineer with strong technical and communication skills who has worked extensively on backend and frontend engineering systems that process large amounts of data at scale and manage services that handle thousands of requests every minute.

This role have equal mixture of backend and frontend responsibilities. 

You will be expected to be autonomous, guide other developers who might need technical help, collaborate with engineers from other teams, product managers and customer success and support representatives. 

Your Responsibilities

• Create new reporting features and improve the existing functionalities.
• Build backend & Frontend API features and architecture.
• Work cross-functionally across our platform, scheduling and appointments, CRM and automations teams.
• Drive performance through benchmarking and optimization.
• Work with a wide range of systems, processes, and technologies to own and solve problems from end to end.
• Collaborate closely with our leadership team including engineers, designers, and product managers to build new features and products.
• Uphold high engineering standards and bring consistency to the many codebases and systems you will encounter.
• Work on 1 to 2 products.

Core Skills

• 3-8 years of experience as a full-stack software engineer.
• 2+ years of experience with Vue.js.
• Proficient with various programming languages and frameworks including but not limited to Node.js, JavaScript, Python and TypeScript.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with databases such as MySQL and MongoDB. Good to have a working knowledge of Redis and Firebase / FireStore.
• Experience with integration of various third party platforms including Google AdWords, Facebook Marketing APIs, Twilio, Google Analytics etc.
• Understanding of various tools and techniques around caching, concurrency, highly available, reliable and scalable systems. 
• Must be able to work with a team and collaborate remotely.
• You have an entrepreneurial mindset, are eager to take on different roles when necessary and know how to navigate a start-up environment.
• You are fulfilled by being a generalist working on both the frontend, backend, and anything it takes to solve problems and delight users and take pride in working on projects involving a variety of technologies and systems.
• Ability to stitch together many different services and processes together, even if you have not worked with them before.
• Hold a great deal of empathy for your team and users, you are a steward of crafting great experiences.
• Have great communication skills and can thrive in a highly collaborative environment when working cross-functionally with many stakeholders.
• Driven by product quality, and innately know how to balance trade-offs with time to launch new features.
• A keen eye for design and love to think about user flows and user experiences.

Additional Skills

• Experience with ElasticSearch
• Experience with the NestJS is a plus.
• Experience with databases profiling and query optimization..
• Experience working in the GCP (Google Cloud Platform) ecosystem.

Why should you join HighLevel?

HighLevel is an exciting place to work because of the passionate, driven team that we have. At HighLevel.

• It’s never somebody else’s job.
• We are passionately focused on adding value for our users.
• We deliver fast using lean principles. We go to market in weeks instead of quarters
• A good idea always gets tested.
• We take care of our team so our team can take care of our users.
• We embrace that improvement is constant and iterative.
• You will learn how to scale B2B SaaS Startup and build relevant, impactful products for customers.

About the team

Our cloud-based platform includes products for lead generation, ad conversion, landing pages, sales and marketing funnels, social media posting, marketing emails, SMS, calls, website pop-ups, online forms and lead activity tracking. 

The Reporting team is responsible for generating reports on top of key product areas such as Ad conversion, attribution, telephony, human rollover and many more. Our team builds features by tightly integrating with various third party platforms namely AdWords, Facebook Ads, Twilio and DialogFlow. We strive to drive the product adoption, maximize the engagement and to provide an additional value to the customer base. 

We serve thousands of businesses that uses integrations with third party ad platforms, phone systems as well as integration with our AI Assistant and Human Rollover system. Our team also covers reporting over sales attribution, appointments and agency user performance. Our B2B customers use these tools to optimize the lead generation, marketing ROI and also to always be in the know of their agency’s and agents’ performance . We are working to continuously improve the functionality of these tools to solve our customers’ business needs.

Fuzen is a no-code SaaS platform founded and backed by IIT alumni.

We help non-technical SaaS founders bring their product ideas to life at ZERO upfront cost. We are building a marketplace of simple SaaS apps by helping founders to build products with our no-code platform.

The majority of our customers come from traditional industries like - construction, engineering, transportation, consulting etc. and we have recently received seed funding from angel investors.

We are looking for software developers who are good at problem-solving and are interested in product building.

1. Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code
2. Design robust, scalable and secure systems
3. Contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle
4. Follow best practices (test-driven development, continuous integration, SCRUM, refactoring, and code standards)
5. Drive continuous adoption and integration of relevant new technologies into the design.
6. You will be expected to work on Ruby On Rails, React JS, AWS, Heroku, Google Cloud and 3rd party API integrations.

IMPORTANT - Fuzen is an early-stage startup. The work culture is fast-paced and challenging. The job will be demanding and will offer a lot of learning. You should apply only if all of this excites you.

About us

404 DM is a fast-growing data-driven creative solutions provider, with a portfolio of brands that include Myntra, Flipkart, and Wildcraft. Our team essentially stands for all things digital with an abundance of creativity. The focus lies in building - right from crafting compelling narratives that capture a brand's essence to the long-lasting relationships that are developed with each and every client, the agency believes that this is the driving force behind the work they do. 404 DM offers a wide variety of services in the digital sphere, including design, technology, media planning, and above all, creative strategizing that helps brands stand out amidst their contemporaries.

We are building this really cool product that will change the way brands do their marketing and acquire customers. We're looking for equally driven and highly skilled people to join us. We'd love to have a conversation with you and see if you and our team are the right fit for each other.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Defines site objectives by analyzing user requirements; envisioning system features and functionality.
• Designs and develops user interfaces to Internet/intranet applications by setting expectations and features priorities throughout the development life cycle; determining design methodologies and toolsets; completing programming using languages and software products; designing and conducting tests.
• Recommends system solutions by comparing advantages and disadvantages of custom development and purchase alternatives.
• Integrates applications by designing database architecture and server scripting; studying and establishing connectivity with network systems, search engines, and information servers.
• Completes applications development by coordinating requirements, schedules, and activities; contributing to team meetings; troubleshooting development and production problems across multiple environments and operating platforms.
• Enhances organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
• Supports and develops web application developers by providing advice, coaching.
• SADs (Senior application Developer ) maintain the job duties of a supervisor as well as a lower-level application developer These duties can include regular consultations with the Team concerning software, creating new programs, and testing newly installed programs to verify functionality.
• The managerial side of being a leader can include writing reports on team progress and presenting those reports to upper executive committees, per Coding standards. SADs also make executive-level standards decisions for their department, ensure company policies are being followed and counsel employees as needed

Desired Candidate Profile

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in information technology or computer sciences. Combining full - time academics degree with certification in computer languages and software programs could be an added advantage.
• At least 5 to 8 years of experience as a leader with hands-on experience in programming languages such as Javascript, HTML, C++, PHP, Angular, Ajax, Rest Api, Node.Js, JQuery, MySQL, API Oath Integration, Shopify, Open Source app development, Social media Developer tool.

• Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code.
• Perform Code reviews of other team members.
• Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications
• Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server-side logic
• Implementation of security and data protection
• Integration of data storage solutions.
• Liaise with the product management team and architect the application / improve the architecture wherever necessary.

Skills And Qualifications

• 7+ years of the overall experience.
• Strong Practical knowledge and understanding of RESTful API
• Excellent Python coding skills and understanding of Python best practices (PEP8)
• Should handle a team of minimum 4 members
• Excellent detail-oriented, problem-solving skills and the ability to quickly learn and apply new concepts, principles, and solutions
• 7+ years of good hands-on experience in Python, with knowledge of Django
• Good hands-on experience in SQL Database (MYSQL / Postgres)
• Familiarity of Front End Development ( ReactJS )
• Knowledge of user authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments
• Able to create database schemas that represent and support business processes.
• Strong unit test and debugging skills
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools GIT.
• Has experience of working in an Agile Environment.
• Fluent in English (written and oral) Fluency in a second language is preferred.
• Comfortable working remotely with great communication skills for a remote work environment.

Bonus qualifications

• Knowledge of any cloud. ( Especially Azure )

• Responsible for design and architecture of functional prototypes and production-ready systems
• Uses open-source frameworks as appropriate Django Preferred
• Develops Python and JavaScript code as necessary
• Python development to support middleware for REST API
• Communicate technical concepts with trade-offs, risks, and benefits
• Evaluate and resolve product-related issues

• Demonstrable experience writing clean, thoughtfully crafted Python.
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• Good understanding of REST API's and experience in building them.
• Experience on asynchronous request handling, partial page updates, and AJAX
• Proficient understanding of cross browser compatibility issues and ways to work around such issues
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git / Mercurial / SVN
• Good understanding of browser rendering behaviour and performance

Job Summary
We are looking for a PHP Developer responsible for managing back-end services and the interchange of data between the server and the users. Your primary focus will be the development of all server-side logic, definition and maintenance of the central database, and ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end. You will also be responsible for integrating the front-end elements built by your co-workers into the application. Therefore, a basic understanding of front-end technologies is necessary as well.

• Minimum experience should be 5 years.
• Strong knowledge of PHP frameworks (such as OpenCart, Zend)
• Advance understanding of front-end technologies, such as JavaScript & JS based frameworks like jquery.

• Understanding of MVC design patterns.

• Good hands on in integrating payment API's and CRM software development.

• Preference for experience on rest API's.

• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git.